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  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    Nationally Acclaimed Coreano's Food Truck Has Landed in Houston

    Coreano's food truck's overwhelmingly tasty offerings made their first Bayou City appearance on Saturday, March 3. The restaurant on wheels, which offers an exciting hybrid of Korean and Mexican ingredients and cooking styles, was recently named the No. 1 food truck in Texas and No. 8 in the nation ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 29, 2011

    Lost in Space

    "Visionary" artists share their universe at The Menil Collection.

  • Music

    December 15, 2011

    Alien Force

    Man or Astro-Man? discuss their time on Earth.

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Mullets & More: 17 Signature Musical Hairstyles

    ​If you have hair, Craig's Hlist hates you. Not in a "you shot my whole family" or "you are the serial killer who dissolved my sibling in a vat of acid" way, more in a "you got the last sausage and cheese kolaches at the office" way. Our hair loss began sometime in high school, when we were ... More >>

  • Film

    August 6, 2009

    Top Chef

    In praise of the Julia half of Julie & Julia.

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: Western Swing Royalty at iFest

    Looking ahead to the Houston International Festival - never mind the SXSW bollocks - I was pleasantly surprised to see that Jody Nix and the Texas Cowboys will be playing on the Texas Stage at 6 p.m. on April 18. Not long ago in these cyberpages, we examined the gloom and doom that surrounds the ... More >>

  • Music

    November 20, 2008

    The Collector: The Hoodoo Curse

    Bluesman Robert Johnson's shadow stretches long and large

  • News

    November 20, 2008

    The Collector: Mack McCormick's Huge Archive of Culture and Lore

    A great American folklorist has spent a life squirreling away bits and pieces of Texas culture. Now time is running out on him and his inventory.

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    Always Look On The Bright Side Of Ike, Part 2: Fewer Billboards

    A great American folklorist has spent a life squirreling away bits and pieces of Texas culture. Now time is running out on him and his inventory.

  • Music

    May 8, 2008

    Analog America: A Four Course Meal of Found Sound

    A new compilation of old answering machine tapes reveals unguarded analog moments

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    Q&A: Michelle Shocked Talks About God, Texas, Slavery, Mercury Records and the Lomax Family

    A new compilation of old answering machine tapes reveals unguarded analog moments

  • News

    July 19, 2007

    Texas coin companies target elderly investors

    Heads you lose, tails you lose

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    To the Fruitmobile!

    Jackie Harris made the art car that started it all

  • Music

    February 13, 2003

    Wham, Bam, Thank You MAMH

    The proposed Museum of American Music History could be the solution to our "image problem"

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    For Whom the Belt Tolls

    The curse of the area rocket men continues with California convictions

  • Calendar

    June 20, 2002

    Olmos Famous

    Latin American films of all colors come to Houston

  • Dining

    February 28, 2002

    Noodle-Gazing

    A five-part journey into Houston's fusion scene starts with some noodles

  • News

    January 17, 2002

    What's Wrong with This Picture?

    MFA director Peter C. Marzio gets a bonus of $1.7 million while front-line museum employees say they have trouble paying their rent

  • Culture

    August 23, 2001

    End of the Road

    Thirty years later, Harry Belafonte finds closure in a once-lost project

  • Music

    August 9, 2001

    I'll Be Jiggerered!

    Jiggernaut hopes to crush all in its path to glory

  • News

    July 26, 2001

    Tick Tock, Your Time Is Up

    Foreign students at the Glassell School of Art get a stipend, studio space and three years to make it really big. They've had a huge impact on Houston's art scene. But if the INS isn't impressed, they've got to go.

  • Music

    September 21, 2000

    Going Public

    Dave Alvin's private loss inspires him to search for the eternal sounds

  • Music

    September 14, 2000

    Self-Righteous Leftists

    Smithsonian Folkways releases Broadside magazine's long-forgotten tracks

  • News

    January 13, 2000

    Lost Legends

    Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.

  • Culture

    October 7, 1999

    Legal Walls

    Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.

  • Music

    November 26, 1998

    Jazzed Up

    Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.

  • Dining

    September 10, 1998

    Dish

    Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.

  • Music

    September 11, 1997

    Burying the Brakeman

    Tary Owens helped rescue the early roots of Texas music. Then those songs saved Owens from himself.

  • News

    June 19, 1997

    A Boy and His Toys

    Surrounded by machine guns, grenades and troop carriers, Earl Tucker makes his peace with the world.

  • News

    April 10, 1997

    Bursting the Bubble

    "Bubble Boy" David Vetter was hardly the happy, well-adjusted child portrayed in the media. Thirteen years after his death, his friend Mary Murphy is fighting to tell his story.

  • Music

    March 6, 1997

    The Once and Future Dolemite

    Rudy Ray Moore, the brotherman from another land, is still outta sight

  • News

    February 13, 1997

    Unbelievable! Fabulous! World Class! Outstanding!

    Rudy Ray Moore, the brotherman from another land, is still outta sight

  • Calendar

    February 13, 1997

    Press Picks

    Rudy Ray Moore, the brotherman from another land, is still outta sight

  • Calendar

    January 2, 1997

    Press Picks

    Rudy Ray Moore, the brotherman from another land, is still outta sight

  • Culture

    October 10, 1996

    Jailed and Drugged

    Shows at Brasil and Ricesuggest that there are different ways to be naive

  • Calendar

    January 18, 1996

    Press Picks

    Shows at Brasil and Ricesuggest that there are different ways to be naive

  • Music

    April 13, 1995

    Folk the Odd, Old Way

    Palace makes new songs that sound like they've been around forever

  • Calendar

    September 15, 1994

    Press Picks

    Palace makes new songs that sound like they've been around forever

  • Calendar

    May 19, 1994

    Press Picks

    Palace makes new songs that sound like they've been around forever

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